§ 59-46.3. Definitions.  


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  • As used in the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act:

    1.  “Architect” means any person who is licensed and engages in the practice of architecture as hereinafter defined;

    2.  “Practice of architecture” means rendering or offering to render certain services, in connection with the design and construction, enlargement or alteration of a building or a group of buildings and the space surrounding such buildings, including buildings which have as their principal purpose human occupancy or habitation; the services referred to include planning, providing preliminary studies, designs, drawings, specifications and other technical submissions, the administration of construction contracts, and the coordination of any elements of technical submissions prepared by others including, as appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers and landscape architects; provided, that the practice of architecture shall include such other professional services as may be necessary for the rendering of or offering to render architectural services;

    3.  “Registration or license” means a certificate of registration or license issued by the Board.  The definition of “license” shall apply to those persons licensed under a practice act.  The definition of “registration” shall apply to those persons registered under a title act;

    4.  “Building” means a structure consisting of a foundation, walls, all floors and roof, with or without other parts;

    5.  “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects and Registered Interior Designers of Oklahoma;

    6.  “Certificate of authority” means the authorization granted by the Board for persons to practice or offer to practice architecture or landscape architecture through a partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership;

    7.  ”Certificate of title” means the authorization granted by the Board for a partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership to use the title “registered interior designer” or any modification or derivation of these terms;

    8.  “Technical submissions” means designs, drawings, specifications, studies and other technical reports prepared in the course of practicing architecture or landscape architecture;

    9.  “Responsible control” means the amount of control and detailed knowledge of the content of technical submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by licensed architects or landscape architects applying the required professional standard of care;

    10.  “Landscape architect” means a person licensed to practice landscape architecture as provided in the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act;

    11.  “Landscape architecture” means the performance of professional services defined as teaching, consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, preparation of construction drawings and specifications, and construction observation in connection with the planning and arranging of land and the elements thereon for public and private use and enjoyment, including the design and layout of roadways, service areas, parking areas, walkways, steps, ramps, pools, the location and siting of improvements including buildings and other structures, and the grading of the land, surface and subsoil drainage, erosion control, planting, reforestation, and the preservation of the natural landscape, in accordance with accepted professional standards, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services or creative works is the preservation, conservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and plantings, or naturalistic and aesthetic values.

    The practice of landscape architecture shall include the location and arrangement of tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purpose outlined for landscape architecture.  The practice of landscape architecture shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes for habitation or industry, or the design of public streets, highways, utilities, storm and sanitary sewers and sewage treatment facilities, that are statutorily defined as the practice of engineering or architecture;

    12.  “Code” means the nationally recognized building code adopted by the local, municipal, or county jurisdiction in which a building is located.  Where no building code has been adopted by the local, municipal or county jurisdiction, all buildings shall meet the requirements of the state building code as adopted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal;

    13.  “Applicable building official” means the official responsible for the application of the adopted building code as implemented by the local, municipal or county jurisdiction in which a building is located.  Where no building code has been adopted by the local, municipal or county jurisdiction, the applicable building official shall be defined as the State Fire Marshal; and

    14.  “Registered interior designer” means a person recognized by this state who is registered, qualified by education, experience and examination and meeting all the requirements set forth in the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act and the Board’s rules.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 347, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947.  Amended by Laws 1949, p. 387, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1949; Laws 1978, c. 191, § 1; Laws 1980, c. 314, § 2, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 154, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 287, § 3, operative July 1, 1986.  Renumbered from § 45.3 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 287, § 30, operative July 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws 1998, c. 220, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2005, c. 77, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 163, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2006, c. 193, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 3, eff. July 1, 2009.